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Daily News: May 1st 2011

byAnthony Granger
1 May 2011
3 minute read
This is going to be a packed edition of today’s news, we have even more votes from OGAE and Ding Dong Official Video is released. So without further to do let’s get on with the news.

OGAE Croatia 12 Points Hungary:

OGAE Croatia has announced it voting today and has given douze points to its neighbour Hungary, but it’s not the normal block voting. Let’s see all of the votes from 12 to 1:
  • Hungary 12
  • United Kingdom 10
  • France 8
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina 7
  • Sweden 6
  • Slovenia 5
  • Israel 4
  • Estonia 3
  • Germany 2
  • Azerbaijan 1
The Top 4 countries are now covered by just 25 points, the United Kingdom has once again pulled otu a small lead over Sweden who are now in 4th behind by just 1 point. Hungary is now on it’s 4th 12 in a row and is pulling out a 12 point lead over France. We also see that Bosnia and Herzegovina in 7th and Azerbaijan in 6th are now covered by just 3 points  after a poor result from Croatia towards Azerbaijan. Here are the current OGAE votes: OGAE Votes

Blue in the Charts:

“I Can” was released today in the United Kingdom on iTunes and Amazon and has now made it to No.16 in the iTunes charts in the United Kingdom. “I Can” has risen from not being on the charts this morning to reaching position 16 in just over 18 hours. Blue are ecstatic are the charting of the song and want to see “I Can” now being played on the radio more often. All of us at Eurovoix will be following this closely.

Here is more more news from Earlier today:

OGAE Cyrpus 12 Points Hungary

OGAE Cyprus in the next OGAE fan club to announce their votes for this years contest. Here are the votes they gave:
  • Hungary 12
  • France 10
  • United Kingdom 8
  • Denamrk 7
  • Norway 6
  • Sweden 5
  • Estonia 4
  • Azerbiajan 3
  • Israel 2
  • Greece 1

As we see now the Top 4 are covered by a gap of 22 points, 1st and second are covered by 8 points and 2nd and 3rd by only 3 points. We also see today that Estonia is catching back up only 40 points behind the United Kingdom and we see Denmark receiving their first points in 8 countries. Again no new countries in the voting and Hungary is on a hat trick of 12 now. Here is a detailed look at the votes: OGAE Votes

Ding Dong Official Video:

Today the Israeli Delegation have released the final official video to this year’s song “Dong Dong” from Dana International. The video was directed by Uri Shitzer and it is truly great with a variety of settings and outfits, the song feels more modern in the video and feels more up to date than the staging at Kadam. Without further to do here is the video:
Here is my reveiw of the song from earlier in April:

“Ding Dong” however dated it may sound is a huge fan favourite, not because it is a great song but because of Dana. I think it is a decent song, her voice could be a bit better and avoid the high notes, however it is incredibly catchy and I do tap my toes to this. The backing vocals are brilliant and it is definitely a vibrant song, it will no doubt get points from the fans, but from the general public I’m not sure. Israel have gone with a former winner and a huge personality, whether they have gone with the right person is yet to be seen. This I see placing 9-13th, it is great to see Dana back. 

Up next we have the remainder of today’s rehearsals to look through and the news will be back tomorrow again.
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Anthony Granger
Since launching Eurovoix in April 2011, it has been a pleasure to find out more about this amazing continent through the Eurovision Family of Events. From starting out as a small site, it's been brilliant to see the site grow and flourish and continue to bring our readers everything from the world of Eurovision.
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